SF Bay Area Social Events
Photos from SnowPals’ Pre-Snow Season Mixer
Participate in SnowPals’ (SP) signature events to expand your social circle and meet people for Tahoe trips. Our events run the gamut from informal gatherings such as monthly meetups at Sports Basement, pizza meetups, BBQ potlucks to formal gatherings such as wine tastings and dining events. Bookmark this page for easy reference; upcoming events will be posted here. SP is looking to add event organizers to our Team, please contact us if you’re interested in helping out.
Join us for upcoming events: SF | East Bay | South Bay | Peninsula | North Bay | Tahoe
Outings
Cross-country skiing & snowshoe adventure photography trip to Yosemite’s Dewey Point
Day Trip Outing: Enjoy a fun-filled day of cross-country skiing or snowshoeing through Yosemite’s winter wonderland, meadows of fir and pine forests on the way to one of Yosemite’s most breath-taking views, Dewey Point, located at the rim of the valley. From this vista, panoramic views of Yosemite’s icons can be seen: El Capitan, Half Dome, Mt. Hoffman, Mt. Conness and the Clark Range.
The tour to Dewey Point is the classic tour in Yosemite and one of the most popular tours in California. The dramatic view of Yosemite Valley 3300 feet below beckons skiers and snowshoers.
A great opportunity for photography and outdoors recreation. Join active Bay Area professionals for a fun outing.
Trip Date: Sunday March 25, 2012.
Distance: 6.8 miles roundtrip
Activity duration: 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Activity Level: Moderate; rolling or mountainous terrain with some ascents/descents and uneven trails. Elevation change is +/- 850 feet. Please let us know if you have any health or fitness concerns prior to the trip.
Trip Fee: $40 includes park entry/usage fee, hot cocoa and energy bar snacks.
- If registering after March 21, trip fee increases to $60.
Submit a payment to reserve a spot. Contact us to arrange pre-trip meeting and sign-up with payment. Gear checklist, trip preparation and agenda will be covered at the pre-trip meeting. *Payments are non-refundable(but transferable). If we cancel the trip due to extreme weather, a full refund will be issued.
Recommended cross-country and snowshoe rental locations:
Sports Basement in Sunnyvale, SF and Walnut Creek.
Carpool: If you’d like to carpool from the Bay Area to Yosemite’s Badger Pass Ski Area, please indicate if you can offer a ride or need a ride; gas expense shared. Contact us to inquire about carpooling.
Group Size Limit: 10 people
Spots Remaining as of March 18: four.
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Seeking Adventure Trip Leaders & Guide: Contact us if you would like to apply to be a trip leader or adventure guide(paid position). Send your resume detailing experiences, training, certifications, and references.
South Bay Events
Tri-Fest 2012 Sports Basement Sunnyvale Store
Saturday, March 17, 2012 / 11:00am – 2:30pm
Join Sports Basement as we celebrate the multi-sport lifestyle: swim, bike, run. New to triathlon? Learn about everything tri, check out upcoming races and local triathlon training groups. Veterans can demo products and talk to vendors about new gear for 2012. Looking for your next dream bike? Come ready (shoes, helmet, pedals and ID) to test ride multiple bikes from our numerous bike vendors.
1177 Kern Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
San Francisco Events
*Skiing Everest Ski Film Screening
*SF Tri Fest at Sports Basement
Skiing Everest Ski Film Screening
Join us for a screening of an Adventure Film Documentary: ‘Skiing Everest’ at SF’s Balboa Theatre, 7:00 PM on Wednesday March 21, 2012.
Many consider the world’s toughest physical challenge to be climbing 8,000-meter peaks — in the notorious “death zone” — without the aid of bottled oxygen. Yet it’s a challenge willingly undertaken by a small fraternity of ski mountaineers who tackle the highest peaks in this pure Alpine style. They then lock into their skis and descend the most dangerous slopes on Earth, navigating hidden crevasses, sheer 10,000-foot drops, and perilous weather. In this freshly edited, fast-paced profile of this elite group, filmmaker Mike Marolt, his brothers Steve and Roger, and their intrepid friends passionately push the limits of skiing to its highest frontier. Fourth generation Aspenites whose father was on the 1960 Olympic ski team, the Marolts take us for thrilling rides on some of the world’s highest peaks including the first American descent of an 8000 meter peak, Shishapangma, as well as Everest in a journey to become world leaders in the sport of high altitude skiing.
SKIING EVERSET
(Rated NR)
3/21/2012 (Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM)
Balboa Theater
3630 Balboa St
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 221-8184
Tickets are $10 general and 7.50 for students, seniors, and children.
Pre-movie mixer 5:30pm to 6:30pm at
Escape From New York Pizza
1737 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Contact us if you’d like to join in. We’ll reserve a designated table for the gathering.
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Tri-Fest 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012 / 5:00pm – 8:30pm
Bryant Street Sports Basement Store
Join Sports Basement as we celebrate the multi-sport lifestyle. New to triathlon? Learn about everything tri, check out upcoming races and local triathlon training groups. Veterans can demo products and talk to vendors about new gear for 2012. Looking for your next dream bike? Come ready (shoes, helmet, pedals and ID) to test ride multiple bikes from our numerous bike vendors.
1590 Bryant St
San Francisco, CA 94103
East Bay Events
Tri-Fest 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012 / 11:00am – 2:30pm
Walnut Creek Sports Basement Store
Join Sports Basement as we celebrate the multi-sport lifestyle. New to triathlon? Learn about everything tri, check out upcoming races and local triathlon training groups. Veterans can demo products and talk to vendors about new gear for 2012. Looking for your next dream bike? Come ready (shoes, helmet, pedals and ID) to test ride multiple bikes from our numerous bike vendors.
Our Top Picks for Lake Tahoe Area Events
- 2012 FREEFLOW FESTIVAL at Kirkwood March 16 – 18, 2012
“Three unprecedented days of backcountry and freeride instruction, yoga and live music DJ’s makes its debuts at Kirkwood Mountain Resort, March 16 – 18, 2012. Produced by Tough Guy Productions, a Tahoe-based ski film and event production company, the FREERIDE FLOW FESTIVAL brings together novice and recreational winter athletes with professional sports athletes, backcountry experts and top industry vendors for clinics, demonstrations, electronic DJs, performances and a whole lot of après ski.” – Kirkwood
- Pot O’ Gold Hunt on St. Patty’s Day
Location: Sugar Bowl Resort
Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2012
“The annual Pot O’ Gold hunt is on March 17th! Find clues scattered around the mountain which will lead you to the famous gold pot containing a Midweek pass for 2012/2013!
Wear your green or you may find a pinch coming your way! If you are the lucky winner, please bring your voucher to the Mt. Judah Special Tickets office to claim your pass. Good luck and we will see you on the mountain.” – Sugar Bowl
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Past Events
Wednesday March 7, 2012, 6:30pm “Let’s Tahoe for POWder” Mixer
Join us to meet skiers and snowboarders in the South Bay for Tahoe trips; RSVP required at:
http://wednesday-march-7-snowpals-mixer.eventbrite.com
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Banff Mountain Film Festival Screening
Date: Thursday 3/8/2012
Event Location: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (PST)
Description: Ignite your passion for adventure, action, and travel! The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate you with amazing big-screen stories when it comes to The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre on March 7th & 8th. You’ll enjoy a different program each night. Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters, and climb the highest peaks. You’ll be taken away to the most captivating places on earth. The 2011/2012 tour brings films from the 36th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 390 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year’s world tour are sure to captivate and amaze the explorer within you. For more information visit Banff’s website.
To purchase tickets, visit or call REI San Francisco at 415-934-1938. Tickets go on sale February 1st. Ticket price: $17 for REI members; $20 for nonmembers.
Join us: Pre-purchase your tickets and contact us if you’d like to meetup for post movie pizza gathering with Snow Pals.
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Snowpals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare Mixer (East Bay)
Host: Andrew, Kate & Tim
When: Saturday, February 4, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM; raffle will be held at 2:15 PM – COMPLETED
Cost: FREE
Where: Sports Basement 1881 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
RSVP required. Participants must be on the guest list; deadline to RSVP is Friday February 3, 11:59PM PST. RSVP at
http://new.evite.com/services/
*If your RSVP have changed: please update before the event to reflect; those who are ‘no shows’ will be black listed from future events. Considerable time and expense goes into these events, hence, we request courtesy.
Event Description: Join us to celebrate the launch of SnowPals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare – a free community based program for local skiers and boarders to connect for ridesharing to Tahoe. Sports Basement kindly allow us to host our Tahoe rideshare mixers at their stores for people to connect for Tahoe ridesharing.
Sports Basement will be be holding a weekly raffle giveaway for rideshare participants. Here’s an opportunity to expand your social circle and meet skiers and boarders for Tahoe trips.
Bring your biz cards to exchange; we’ll also have name tags for easy greetings.
Mingle and enjoy pizza, snacks, beer* or soda compliments of Sports Basement. Sports Basement is also giving participants 20% off discount on purchases at this event.
Event raffle prize giveaway:
* Lift tickets
* Sports Basement gift cards
* Services from Sports Basement full service ski board shop(ie. free ski/snowboard rental, free tune-ups, hot wax, etc.)
* One night stay at the Apres Ski Club Lodge in North Lake Tahoe(Kings Beach, CA) – 15 minutes drive to Northstar at Tahoe, 25 minutes drive to Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley USA and 30 minutes to Sugar Bowl Resort.
* CONGRATS TO ROB M for winning our grand prize giveaway. Rob, please contact us within 7 days(by 11:59 PM PST on 2/13/12) to claim your prize package. Grand prize package: a weekend getaway for two nights stay for two people at Clair Tappan, Sierra Club’s mountain lodge in North Lake Tahoe(close to Sugar Bowl) – includes three daily hearty, home-cooked, nutritious meals with your stay(prize package’s value: $260).
*ID check required for those who want to enjoy our complimentary beer – must be 21 or older.
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SF SnowPals _ Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare Mixer:
Snowpals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare Mixer (San Francisco)
Host: Andrew, Kate & Tim
Cost: FREE
When: Saturday, February 25, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM; raffle will be held at 4:15 PM
Where: Sports Basement 1590 Bryant Street, SF, CA 94103
RSVP required – we need an accurate headcount to buy snacks & drinks for the event. Participants must be on the guest list; RSVP at
http://new.evite.com/services/links/B6SUJ4WRJX
*If your RSVP have changed: please update before the event to reflect; those who are ‘no shows’ will be black listed from future events. Considerable time and expense goes into these events, hence, we request courtesy.
Event Description: Join us to celebrate the launch of SnowPals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare – a free community based program for local skiers and boarders to connect for ridesharing to Tahoe. Sports Basement kindly allow us to host our Tahoe rideshare mixers at their stores for people to connect for Tahoe ridesharing.
Sports Basement is holding a weekly raffle giveaway for rideshare participants. Here’s an opportunity to expand your social circle and meet skiers and boarders for Tahoe trips.
Bring your biz cards to exchange; we’ll also have name tags for easy greetings.
Mingle and enjoy pizza, snacks, beer* or soda compliments of Sports Basement. Sports Basement is also giving participants 20% off discount on purchases at this event.
Event raffle prize giveaway:
* Lift tickets
* Sports Basement gift cards
* Services from Sports Basement full service ski board shop(ie. free ski/snowboard rental, free tune-ups, hot wax, etc.)
*ID check required for those who want to enjoy our complimentary beer – must be 21 or older.
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Snowpals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare Mixer (South Bay)
Host: Andrew, Kate & Tim
Cost: FREE
When: Wednesday, February 1, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM; raffle will be held at 7:15 PM – COMPLETED
Where: Sports Basement 1177 Kern Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085
RSVP required. Participants must be on the guest list; RSVP at
http://new.evite.com/services/
*If your RSVP have changed: please update before the event to reflect; those who are ‘no shows’ will be black listed from future events. Considerable time and expense goes into these events, hence, we request courtesy.
Event Description: Join us on Wednesday February 1, 2012, from 6pm to 8pm to celebrate the launch of SnowPals + Sports Basement Tahoe Rideshare – a free community based program for local skiers and boarders to connect for ridesharing to Tahoe. Sports Basement kindly allow us to host our Tahoe rideshare mixers at their stores for people to get acquainted and connect for Tahoe ridesharing.
Sports Basement will be be holding a weekly raffle giveaway for rideshare participants. Here’s an opportunity to expand your social circle and meet skiers and boarders for Tahoe trips.
Bring your biz cards to exchange; we’ll also have name tags for easy greetings.
Mingle and enjoy pizza, snacks, beer* or soda compliments of Sports Basement. Sports Basement is also giving participants 20% off discount on purchases at this event.
Event raffle prize giveaway:
* Lift tickets
* Sports Basement gift cards
* Services from Sports Basement full service ski board shop(ie. free ski/snowboard rental, free tune-ups, hot wax, etc.)
* CONGRATS TO ROB M for winning our grand prize giveaway. Rob, please contact us within 7 days(by 11:59 PM PST on 2/13/12) to claim your prize package. Grand prize package of a weekend getaway for two nights stay for two people at Clair Tappan, Sierra Club’s mountain lodge in North Lake Tahoe(close to Sugar Bowl) includes three daily hearty, home-cooked, nutritious meals with your stay(prize package’s value: $260). RSVP before Friday FEB 1 and get entered into our grand prize giveaway to be held on Saturday FEB 4 at our East Bay Rideshare Mixer – winner need not be present to win; winner’s name will be posted on SP’s event page. Winner will have 7 days to claim the prize. Grand prize of a weekend getaway for two at Clair Tappan, Sierra Club’s mountain lodge in North Lake Tahoe(close to Sugar Bowl)
*ID check required for those who want to enjoy our complimentary beer – must be 21 or older.
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FREE Informal Event WED JAN 18, 2012 @ 7:30 PM – “Hey everyone. It’s time for another East Bay Snowpals Gathering! This time we are going to the Berkeley Poetry Slam at the Starry Plough Pub.
The Starry Plough Pub is located in 3101 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley, and the
event is on Wednesday. It starts at 8pm, so I suggest we get there at 7:30pm
so we can get better seats. More info at http://www.starryploughpub.com
Please let me know if you can make it. Looking forward to see everyone
again!” – Juan G.
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Jan 12 Pray for POWder SF Mixer:
Mark your calendar and join SnowPals on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM for our monthly mixer. Our January gathering is at:
Mars Bar and Restaurant
798 Brannan Street.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Join SnowPals(SP) to mingle and share stories while we wait for the snow to fall. A dedicated space have been set aside for us to mingle.
New to SP? Attend and meet Bay Area professionals who share your interests in skiing, snowboarding & the active outdoors. Expand your social circle: connect with skiers and boarders for Tahoe trips. View our photo gallery of previous mixers
As of January 11, 2012 at 7:00 AM PST:
31 RSVPs
9 Spots Available.
Total capacity for this venue is limited to 40 participants.
RSVP by emailing tim@snowpals.org
Prepaid: $10 (only accepted until 11:55pm Tuesday 1/10/12). A $4 discount is given to those who prepaid. Pay at the door event fee is $14 includes finger foods.
Prepaid helps us pre-order & pay for finger foods. In addition, we need an accurate head count.
Event fee goes to:
- 50% of collected fees will go to ordering some finger foods for this event.
- 25% of proceeds will go to a fund to give inner city kids a chance to experience skiing and snowboarding; collected funds will be given to Ronald Schwartz who is managing this program in Stockton, CA.
-25% goes to event management: petty cash for name tags, singage, etc
Drink Specials – buy your own drinks:
Special thanks to Jenny of Mars Bar SF for extending happy hour pricing to 9pm for Snowpals. Get $1 off well drinks, cocktails and house wines. Plus get $3 for all bottle beers.
Event raffle giveaway:
(1) Two – one night stay at the Apres Ski Club Lodge in North Lake Tahoe(Kings Beach, CA) – 15 minutes drive to Northstar at Tahoe, 25 minutes drive to Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley USA and 30 minutes to Sugar Bowl Resort.
(2) Lift ticket to Alpine Meadows
(3) Lift ticket to Kirkwood
(4) Five VIP(very intense pals) snowpals logo t-shirts
(5) A pair of shoes from our friends at GetMints
(6) Six pairs of Men’s and Women’s Snowboard boots from http://thirtytwo.com (retails for $130 and up)
(7) other prizes will be added; check back here for updates
Purchase a VIP snowpals logo t-shirts for $15 and get free entry to this event; to order the t-shirt, please contact tim@snowpals.org (orders only accepted until 11:55pm Tuesday 1/10/12). At the event, t-shirts sell for $20. We’ll give you an extra raffle ticket with each t-shirt you buy.
Invite friends; send them our page link:
http://www.snowpals.org/2012/join-us-thurs-jan-12-sf-mixer/
If you have ideas to improve our events or would like to help out, please contact us.
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Special thanks to:
Season Kick-off Party @ SF Potrero Hill Sports Basement
Join us for Snowpals’ Annual Season Kick-off in San Francisco Party on Tuesday December 6, 2011 at 6pm to 8:30pm
Thanks to Sports Basement..participants get 10% discount at this event with 10% of sales going to High Fives Foundation. Here’s a good incentive to shop and do good at the same time.
About High Fives Foundation:
High Fives Foundation is a Tahoe-based non-profit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for athletes who have suffered a life-altering injury while pursuing their dream in the winter action sports community. For more information visit http://www.highfivesfoundation.org
A Kirkwood Rep will be on hand for those wanting to purchase a Kirkwood Season Pass.
Raffle giveaway: Kirkwood lift tickets, ski and snowboard schwag plus Sports Basement gift certificates will be raffled off at 7:45 PM – arrive early.
Grand Prize Give-Away: One lucky raffle winner will received one all inclusive Bay Area Ski Bus Trip.
Bus trip includes: bus ride, lift ticket, breakfast and after-ski snacks(even wine/beer tastings on selected dates).
November 29 Update:
- We just added more raffle prizes from SnowPals’ supporters:
Snowbomb.com, Lifttickets.com, Level 1 Productions, and Tetongravity.com
- It’s looking to be a big turn-out with 191 RSVPs as of November 29, 2011.
www.snowpals.org
Must be on the RSVP list to attend – click here to RSVP. We need an accurate head count to order refreshments so please update the evite if you can no longer attend.
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- Consider ride sharing to Tahoe to reduce your carbon footprint, save money and expand your social circle in the process: http://www.snowpals.org/rideshare/
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